Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
An electrode for secondary battery, comprising an alkali metal which is an active substance carried on a carrier comprising as a main component a carbonaceous material, and having a multi-phasic structure comprising a nucleus and a surface layer on the nucleus and satisfying the following: (1) a true density ρ is 1.80 g/cm 3 or more, and (2) in the Raman spectrum analysis using an argon ion laser beam with a wavelength of 5145 Å, it has a peak P A in the range of 1580 to 1620 cm -1 and a peak P B in the range of 1350 to 1370 cm -1 , and the ratio of intensity I B of the P B to intensity I A of the P A , R=I B /I A is 0.4 or more, wherein the plane spacing d 002 of said nucleus is less than 3.45 Å and the plane spacing d 002 of said surface layer is 3.45 Å or more.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
An electrode for secondary battery, comprising an alkali metal which is an active substance carried on a carrier comprising as a main component a carbonaceous material, and having a multi-phasic structure comprising a nucleus and a surface layer on the nucleus and satisfying the following: (1) a true density ρ is 1.80 g/cm 3 or more, and (2) in the Raman spectrum analysis using an argon ion laser beam with a wavelength of 5145 Å, it has a peak P A in the range of 1580 to 1620 cm -1 and a peak P B in the range of 1350 to 1370 cm -1 , and the ratio of intensity I B of the P B to intensity I A of the P A , R=I B /I A is 0.4 or more, wherein the plane spacing d 002 of said nucleus is less than 3.45 Å and the plane spacing d 002 of said surface layer is 3.45 Å or more.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has a true density ρ of 2.00 g/cm 3 or more.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has a half-value half-width of peak P A of 25 cm -1 or more, and a half-value half-width of peak P B of 20 cm -2 or more.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has the above R of 0.6 or more.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has a ratio (G value) of integrated intensity of spectrum in 1580 to 1620 cm -1 to integrated intensity of spectrum in 1340 to 1380 cm -1 in the Raman spectrum analysis is 0.3 or more.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrode according to claim 5, wherein the carbonaceous material has the above true density ρ and the above G value satisfying the following formulae: ##EQU8##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of a peak intensity of the peak of 3.45 Å or more to a peak intensity of the peak of less than 3.45 Å is 0.001 or more.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electrode according to claim 7, wherein the ratio of a diffraction intensity at 2θ=25° to a peak intensity of the peak of less than 3.45 Å is 0.001 or more.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the plane spacing d 002 of the nucleus is 3.36 to 3.42 Å, and the plane spacing d 002 of the surface layer is 3.47 Å or more.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The electrode according to claim 9, wherein the plane spacing d 002 of the of a nucleus is 3.37 to 3.41 Å, and the plane spacing d 002 of the surface layer is 3.49 to 3.75 Å.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The electrode according to claim 10, wherein the carbonaceous material has a ratio of a sum of integrated intensities of the peaks of which the plane spacing d 002 is 3.45 Å or more to a sum of integrated intensities of the peaks less than 3.45 Å is 0.001 to 0.8.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The electrode according to any of claim 1, wherein the H/C atomic ratio of the carbonaceous material is 0.08 or less.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material exhibits at least two overlapped exothermic peaks in the range of 150° C. or higher in differential thermal analysis.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The electrode according to claim 13, wherein the surface layer exhibits an exothermic peak in the range of lower than 850° C., and the nucleus exhibits an exothermic peak in the range of 810° C. or higher in differential thermal analysis.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the surface layer has a line width between peaks of 10 Gauss or more, and the nucleus has a line width between peaks of less than 100 Gauss in primary differential absorption spectrum of electronic spin resonance.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material is particulate and has a volume average particle size of 200 μm.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material is fibrous and has a diameter of 1 to 25 μm and a length of 10 mm or less.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has a specific surface area measured by using the BET method of 1 to 100 m 2 /g.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous material has a total fine pore volume of 1.5×10 -3 ml/g.